Where Are Our Budgets? Public Expenditure Tracking Surveys as Tools for Engaging with Civil Society
December 30, 2013Ensuring the funds allocated for health services and supplies are actually used for their intended purpose is key to increasing access to life-saving health care in low- and medium-income countries. For nearly two decades, countries and international …
Saint Lucia: Health Service Delivery Costing and Other Economic Analyses
May 6, 2013The Government of Saint Lucia has been considering a national health financing mechanism since the early 2000s. After initial work by a task force in 2002, this mechanism has become known as the Universal Health Care (UHC) plan. The UHC plan as curre …
Health Sector Reform and the Family Health Model – A Case Study in Reform Management
August 6, 2012The Egyptian Health Sector Reform Program introduced the Family Health Model in 1999 to strengthen the existing primary health care service delivery system. The FHM revised the basic package of integrated services in the PHC facilities,
Scaling Up Community-Based Health Insurance in Mali
August 1, 2012For more than 20 years, community-based health insurance (CBHI) has been a component of the health financing system in Mali. Known as mutual health organizations, or mutuelles in French, CBHI schemes are not-for-profit mechanisms
Health Sector Public Expenditure Review, 2010/11
July 1, 2012The main objective of Health Sector Public Expenditure Review for fiscal year (FY) 2011 (PER FY11) was to assess the budgetary allocations and expenditures to inform stakeholders about progress made in key health financing milestones over the 2006/07 …
Health Extension Program: An Innovative Solution to Public Health Challenges of Ethiopia – A Case Study
March 1, 2012Resource Type: Case Study Authors: Nejmudin Bilal Published: 3/1/2012 Resource Description: The Health Extension Program is a flagship of the Ethiopian Health Sector Development Program: an innovative intervention marked by institutionalization of pr …
Health Care Financing Reform in Ethiopia: Improving Quality and Equity
March 1, 2012Resource Type: Case Study Authors: Hailu Zelelew Published: 3/1/2012 Resource Description: Ethiopia endorsed a health care financing strategy in 1998 that envisioned a wide range of reform initiatives. The implementation of these reform initiatives w …
Financing Liberia’s Health Care
February 6, 2012Resource Type: Brief Authors: Avril Ogrodnick, Tesfaye Dereje, and Megan Meline Published: 2/6/2012 Resource Description: After signing the 2003 peace accord, Liberia’s government engaged with international partners to rehabilitate the health system. …
A Review of Public Expenditure Management in Nigeria: Cross River State Report
February 1, 2012Resource Type: Report Authors: Marianne El-Khoury, Elizabeth Ohadi, Chinyere Omeogu, and Oluwaseun Adeleke Published: 2/1/2012 Resource Description: The USAID-funded Health Systems 20/20 project conducted a Public Expenditure Management Review (PEMR) …
Egypt National Health Accounts: 2008/09
November 1, 2011Resource Type: Report Authors: Sharon Nakhimovsky, Douglas Glandon, Nadwa Rafeh, and Nagwan Hassan Published: 11/1/2011 Resource Description: Egypt was one of the first low- and middle-income countries in the world to conduct a National Health Accoun …
